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Older Audiences Give ‘Sully’ a Strong Liftoff

Film starring Tom Hanks lands in No. 1 position at the box office with $35.5 million

Associated Press

Sept. 11, 2016 5:52 p.m. ET

LOS ANGELES—Adult audiences turned out in droves to take the plunge with “Sully,” director Clint Eastwood’s dramatization of the Miracle on the Hudson. The film took flight with $35.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, surpassing expectations by around $10 million.

Tom Hanks stars as Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who made an emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009, minutes after...